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which_o i_o must_v refuse_v to_o grant_v he_o and_o then_o this_o whole_a argument_n become_v abortive_a and_o can_v proceed_v no_o far_o p._n 112._o mr._n w._n say_v till_o you_o that_o oppose_v can_v give_v i_o a_o better_a interpretation_n of_o this_o obscure_a text_n i_o will_v conclude_v that_o the_o interpretation_n or_o opinion_n be_v false_a and_o i_o be_v true_a i_o answer_v that_o mr._n w._n may_v conclude_v what_o he_o please_v from_o his_o unproved_a and_o only_o suppose_a premise_n but_o that_o can_v be_v no_o argument_n to_o other_o for_o their_o agreement_n with_o his_o supposal_n and_o therefore_o i_o be_o very_o apt_a to_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v neither_o truth_n nor_o force_n in_o this_o argument_n the_o sixteenth_o argument_n page_n 112_o 1_o pet._n 3.19_o 20._o by_o which_o also_o he_o go_v and_o preach_v to_o the_o spirit_n in_o prison_n which_o sometime_o be_v disobedient_a in_o the_o time_n of_o noah_n hereupon_o mr._n w._n say_v he_o waves_z the_o 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